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##......## THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK .#....#.##
.#.....#.# LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ##...###..
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#####.#..# MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ##.##.#...
....###.## THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE .##.###..#
...#..##.. UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND #.##..#.##
..##.#.#.# POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. ##.#.###.#
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..#...#... THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY .###.##...
.##..##... VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS #..##.#...
#.#.#.#... SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A #.#.###...
#######..# MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ####..#..#
......#.## ...#.##.#.
.....###.# IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ..###.###.
....#..##. STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. .#..##..#.
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#..#..#... : COLLECTION : #....#..#.
#.##.##... :::::::::::::: #...##.###
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.##.###..# THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS #.###.#..#
#.##..#.#. WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE ##..###.##
##.#.##### FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT .#.#..##..
.####..... EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER ####.#.#.#
#...#..... THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ...#######
#..##....# PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE ..#.......
#.#.#...## PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF .##......#
#####..#.. AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND #.#.....#.
....#.##.. HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. ###....###
...###.#.. ..#...#..#
..#..###.# MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND .##..##.##
.##.#..##. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU #.#.#.##.#
#.###.#.## VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN ######.###
##..####.. HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS .....##...
.#.#...#.# MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ....#.#..#
####..#### MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. ...####.##
...#.#...# ..#...##..
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.#...#.##. ::::::::::::: #.#.####..
##..###.## : AS A DRUG : ####...#..
.#.#..##.. ::::::::::::: ...#..##.#
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...######. . ONE SPOON . .#.####...
..#.....## ..... ###...#...
.##....#.. THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN ..#..##...
#.#...##.# THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) .##.#.#...
###..#.##. DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES #.#####..#
..#.###.## SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED ##....#.#.
.###..##.. ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT .#...####.
#..#.#.#.# SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE ##..#...#.
#.######## CONFUSING. .#.##..###
##........ ###.#.#...
.#.......# ..#####..#
##......## . FOUR SPOONS . .#....#.##
.#.....#.# ..... ##...###..
##....###. MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE .#..#..#..
.#...#..#. THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE ##.##.##.#
##..##.### ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). .##.##.###
.#.#.##... INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, #.##.##...
#####.#..# ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE ##.##.#...
....###.## SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY .##.###..#
...#..##.. (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. #.##..#.##
..##.#.#.# SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY ##.#.###.#
.#.####### TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO .####..###
###....... INCLINED). #...#.#..#
..#....... #..####.#.
.##......# #.#...###.
#.#.....#. . SEVEN SPOONS . ###..#..#.
###....### ..... ..#.##.###
..#...#... THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO .###.##...
.##..##... NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE #..##.#...
#.#.#.#... THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE #.#.###...
#######..# IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER ####..#..#
......#.## EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY ...#.##.#.
.....###.# SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS ..###.###.
....#..##. ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO .#..##..#.
...##.#.## DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR ##.#.#.##.
..#.####.# LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE .######.#.
.###...### BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING #.....###.
#..#..#... WATER. #....#..#.
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.##.###..# . NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE . #.###.#..#
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##.#.##### OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, .#.#..##..
.####..... AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE ####.#.#.#
#...#..... IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH ...#######
#..##....# SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH ..#.......
#.#.#...## UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED .##......#
#####..#.. OR NOT FORMED. #.#.....#.
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.##.#..##. : DANGERS : #.#.#.##.#
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.#.#...#.# MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - ....#.#..#
####..#### THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO ...####.##
...#.#...# RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE ..#...##..
..####..#. FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER .##..#.#..
.#...#.##. DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU #.#.####..
##..###.## WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO ####...#..
.#.#..##.. MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING ...#..##.#
####.#.#.# PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). ..##.#.###
...######. .#.####...
..#.....## PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES ###...#...
.##....#.. FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ..#..##...
#.#...##.# CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE .##.#.#...
###..#.##. POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS #.#####..#
..#.###.## ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... ##....#.#.
.###..##.. WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT .#...####.
#..#.#.#.# POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE ##..#...#.
#.######## LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, .#.##..###
##........ ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. ###.#.#...
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##......## LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE .#....#.##
.#.....#.# TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ##...###..
##....###. OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED .#..#..#..
.#...#..#. BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS ##.##.##.#
##..##.### LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE .##.##.###
.#.#.##... THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES #.##.##...
#####.#..# ARE DEAD AND GONE. ##.##.#...
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